Rachel Maddow takes a look at the days top political news stories. After his ukraine work dried up. And that is important because thats when he went to one of trumps closest friends and said i really need to get to trump. And then offered to work for trump for free. How and yes became the Campaign Chair is still a weird so far unexplained thing. Today in Court Prosecutors began laying out the evidence for the Dire Straits Manafort was in when he joined one Trumps Campaign for free. Thats something to keep an eye on as the trial goes forward. Joining me, senior white house political reporter, a close observer of the manafort case cynic it began. He was in the courtroom today. And i get to announce that as of today, he is an msnbc contributor. Ive seen some of the early reporting that there were audible gasps. Take us through some of the more audible moments. Well, this reference as having embezzled from manafort was something that grabbed my
was there a sense in the courtroom today that
The days top stories from around the world, from politics and money, to sports and pop culture. On matters that have nothing to do with the campaign. I think that even mr. Manafort as i read it had requested that there be no mention of his brief tenure at the Trump Campaign several years ago. This has nothing to do with collusion, russia, nothing to come with the Trump Campaign. Reporter the case centers around his past lobbying work for the pro Putin Ukranian government for which prosecutors say he received 60 million. The government alleges manafort hid millions and failed to pay taxes while still spending the money on real estate and luxury purchases, including homes in manhattan, virginia and the hamptons, expensive suits, and baseball tickets. And prosecutors will present hundreds of emails, photos and financial records to prove it. Prosecutors say manafort also lied to banks about his income to secure more than 20 million in loans. And this trial now underway, it is expected to l
i m still doing it all. the water. the exercise. the fiber. and i said yesss to linzess for help with belly pain and recurring constipation. ask your doctor. welcome back. sources close to the white house tell cnn the last few days have been tough. that s a quote. inside the white house, after the president s recent interview with abc news. in that interview, mr. trump said he would be open to taking dirt from foreign governments on political opponents in the 2020 election. well, now the president is trying to clarify and justify those remarks. here s cnn s jim acosta at the white house. reporter: president trump has caused some collusion confusion now saying he would inform the fbi if a foreign operative tried
there s a potential organization here. it s not just a case of mistaken identity. welcome to the wkd. so glad to have you here. and i m martin savidge in for victor blackwell. and so admitting that the president handled election interference, quote, poorly. the president tried to walk back a statement earlier this week about what he d do if given dirt on an opponent. here s jim acosta with the president s words and walkback. reporter: president trump has caused collusion confusion. now saying he would inform the fbi if a foreign operative tried to offer dirt on an opponent. he s all over the place
reporter: the president s re-election campaign is now announcing they show polling numbers that show former vice president joe biden leading president trump. in the states with the campaign, aides a lot has changed since march. and these numbers are ancient in campaign terms. jim acosta, cnn, the white house. let s talk more about this with natasha lynnstadt. do you think that damage control is cleared up by the president named accepting dirt from political adversaries or do you think this is collusion confusion, as we heard from jim acosta? i don t think he cleared it up. he does something that he rarely does, he makes a backtrack.